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PRECIP. GAGE NORTH OF WITCHES LAKE NEAR SAYNER, WI (USGS-455859089355701) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This atmosphere site, maintained by the USGS Minnesota Water Science Center (identifier USGS-MN), has the name "PRECIP. GAGE NORTH OF WITCHES LAKE NEAR SAYNER, WI" and has the identifier USGS-455859089355701. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07070001. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Vilas County County, Wisconsin at 45.98305556000000 degrees latitude and -89.5991667000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from Digital MAP." and the accuracy is 1 seconds.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-455859089355701" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

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Leaflet USGS The National Map: National Boundaries Dataset, 3DEP Elevation Program, Geographic Names Information System, National Hydrography Dataset, National Land Cover Database, National Structures Dataset, and National Transportation Dataset; USGS Global Ecosystems; U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line data; USFS Road data; Natural Earth Data; U.S. Department of State HIU; NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Data refreshed February, 2025.

When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Physical 2010 - 2010
Stable Isotopes 2010 - 2010
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-MN
OrganizationFormalName USGS Minnesota Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-455859089355701
MonitoringLocationName PRECIP. GAGE NORTH OF WITCHES LAKE NEAR SAYNER, WI
MonitoringLocationTypeName Atmosphere
HUCEightDigitCode 07070001
LatitudeMeasure 45.98305556000000
LongitudeMeasure -89.5991667000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from Digital MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 55
CountyCode 125
ProviderName NWIS